1. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an unlicensed person who performs a single act for which a license is required has engaged in the business for which the license is required and, unless exempt from licensing or performing an investigation pursuant to NRS 253.220, has violated NRS 648.060.

2. 2. A natural person who serves legal process must not be deemed to be engaged in the business of a process server and the provisions of this chapter relating to process servers, including, without limitation, the requirement to obtain a license to engage in the business of a process server pursuant to NRS 648.060, do not apply to the natural person, if the natural person serves legal process:

   1. (a) Without compensation;
   2. (b) On behalf of a litigant who is a natural person and is not a business entity; and
   3. (c) Not more than three times each calendar year.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 1329; A 2007, 2492; 2017, 562)